Chapter 215 Don’t isolate yourself in a place like this!
Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha were both stunned. They never expected that such a thing would suddenly happen.
The two saw Jiang Xia subconsciously reach out and try to block Jiang Nao.
The two hands overlapped for a moment, but the woman's speed was too fast, and the two hands that were trying hard to hook together finally separated. Kuroe Nao let out a dying scream and fell across the dead tree below.
Hattori Heiji had both hands occupied and had no time to pull. Toyama Kazuha was a beat slow to react, and by the time he reached out his hand, it was already too late.
She subconsciously continued to stretch her hand towards Nao Kuroe, her pupils shrinking slightly, as she had already imagined the bloody scene that would follow.
Just then, she heard Hattori Heiji's anxious voice from above: "Be careful!"
Yuanshan and Ye looked up suddenly and saw that Jiang Xia seemed to have lost his balance because of his hasty action to save people. The stone at his feet loosened and Jiang Xia slipped and rolled down the cliff...
Then, under the gaze of two classmates with dizzy pupils, she narrowly avoided following the fate of Nao Kuroe.
Jiang Xia pretended to relax for a while, then sat up as if in pain.
He furtively touched the innocent tree trunk beneath him that had endured so much, secretly added a little puppet clay, and continued to reinforce it - at this point, let alone adding him, even if five or six big men were added, the tree would be able to stand firm.
Jiang Xia rolled down by himself.
If he stayed there and put himself in an overly active position, it seemed that there would be a lot of trouble - who was chasing Kuroe Nao, why didn't they continue to chase her, why didn't they come to silence her, should he go and take a look... all these had to be considered.
In addition, when Hattori Heiji escapes danger and the detective's heart is revived, how much information Jiang Xia will provide to them is also a problem. If it is too detailed, it will be fake. If it is said that nothing was seen, it will be even more fake...
Although Hattori Heiji looks like an elderly detective who solves cases slowly under the suppression of the power of spoilers, in fact, his reasoning and observation and associative abilities should not be underestimated, especially his intuition seems to be very accurate... Jiang Xia always feels that if after this incident, he is left there unscathed and cannot provide any information, he may be linked to this murder case because of his coincidental appearance.
If the relationship with the detectives becomes strained, it will be much more difficult to happily take on cases in the future...
So he decided to slide down and stay there for a while - it was not that he didn't want to investigate, nor that he didn't want to chase the murderer, he just accidentally fell off the cliff and was stuck on the tree, so he couldn't move.
Of course people still need to be rescued, but they should be handed over to the vests.
Jiang Xia first glanced at the two people who were also hanging on the tree, then reached out and pulled them onto the tree trunk.
At the same time, he lowered his eyes and said, "…I'm sorry."
Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha didn't blame him at all - Jiang Xia himself almost fell into a meat pie, and...
They looked at the miserable death of Kuroe Nao who fell to the rocky river bank below, and felt sad. Then they thought - even they would feel this way, not to mention Jiang Xia who almost caught Kuroe Nao...
On the tree trunk, the puppet clay used for reinforcement was dyed a little color by Jiang Xia, like exposed fibers, and it was not easy to see the abnormality.
Hattori Heiji glanced at Jiang Xia, who had been sitting beside them in unusual silence since he pulled them up the tree trunk, and patted the wood under him awkwardly, trying to change the subject: "This tree is quite strong."
Jiang Xia didn't say anything and didn't even raise his eyes. He still looked as if he had seen someone from the past. It seemed that the death of Nao Kuroe had dealt him a great blow.
Hattori Heiji looked at Jiang Xia with sympathy, adjusted his baseball cap, and was a little at a loss for words, not knowing how to comfort her.
In the end, Hattori Heiji could only look up at the smooth stone wall two or three meters high, intending to relieve the three people from their current dangerous situation first - although he didn't know why the tree under them suddenly became so resilient and looked like it could last forever, they couldn't possibly hang on the cliff forever.
Yuanshan Heye took out his cell phone with one hand and tried to dial a number, while with the other hand he stroked Jiang Xia's back rhythmically like petting a cat. It was unclear whether he was trying to help Jiang Xia recover from this bad mental state, or was unconsciously relieving his own stress.
However, there were strong winds and waves in the past few days, and the signal on the island was not good, so Yuanshan Heye's call for help could not be made.
Hattori Heiji studied the cliff for a long time and finally looked at Jiang Xia, wanting to ask Jiang Xia if he could use him as a ladder and try to climb to the top.
But at this moment, there was a rustling sound of cloth rubbing against grass on the cliff.
Immediately afterwards, someone leaned his head out from above and looked down.
Alarm bells suddenly went off in the minds of Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha - they did not forget that when Kuroe Nao rushed over just now, she shouted "Help!", which means that there was a dangerous factor on the cliff that could make her run away in panic.
At first, Hattori Heiji thought that it would be the murderer who killed Kaihara Nami.
Later, after Jiang Xia fell down, he looked at the top of the cliff vigilantly, but didn't see anyone, so he thought it might be some kind of ferocious beast.
But now...
The person who stuck his head out was not a beast or monster with a green face and fangs, but a beautiful woman.
The woman was wearing a black wide-brimmed hat, her long hair was loose, and there was a strange tattoo under her right eye. From this angle, she looked... a bit like a wronged ghost coming to claim her life.
Yuanshan Heye shuddered and almost fell off the tree trunk.
Hattori Heiji was also surprised, but he quickly recognized him: "Anonymous!?"
How could this person who was active in the newspapers appear here? Was she the one who chased after Kuroe Nao just now? What was her relationship with the legend here?
Hattori Heiji has a lot of questions to ask.
But thinking about the current situation of the three of them, he finally said nothing - there were a lot of broken stones on the cliff, if he angered the mysterious person on the top of the cliff whose position was unclear, she would pick up a few pieces and throw them down, which would be troublesome...
Under the nervous gaze of Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha, Anonymous leaned over and looked at the cliff.
Then she stood up and disappeared from the sight of Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha.
Not long after, a rough hemp rope was thrown down the cliff, just long enough to hang in front of the tree, and the other end was tied somewhere unknown.
Hattori Heiji pulled the rope in doubt and felt it was quite strong. He was confused for a moment. Anonymous was here to save people? Is there such a good thing?
Jiang Xia drove the anonymous puppet. After throwing down the rope, he walked a few steps into the woods.
Anonymous disappeared silently.
(End of this chapter)
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